June 22, 2005
Stern Exiting E!
SOURCE: E! Online
The changes keep coming for the satellite-radio-bound Howard Stern.
The talk host has ended his TV deal with E! Entertainment Television after 11 years, and more than 2,000 episodes, the network announced Tuesday. (E! Online is a division of E! Networks.)
The final new episode of The Howard Stern Show will air on E! on July 8. Starting July 11, the Stern family will be seen in rerun form in the show's usual late-night time slots, Monday-Saturday.
In a statement, E! Networks president and CEO Ted Harbert implied that Stern's upcoming jump to Sirius Satellite Radio was one reason behind the parting of ways.
"As The Howard Stern Show evolves into a premium service, it is time for our late-night programming to evolve as well," Harbert said.
Harbert praised Stern as "one of the most influential and successful brands in the history of broadcasting, and the value of his contributions to E! Entertainment Television is incalculable."
Stern, 51, will move his envelope-pushing morning radio show to Sirius' transponder, where his old foes at the Federal Communications Commission have no sway, beginning in January. He announced the five-year, $500 million deal last October.
On Tuesday's radio show, according to the fan site, MarksFriggin.com, Stern said he would reveal his future TV plans in a week or two. Per the Hollywood trades, Spike TV was floated as a possible new cable home.
Posted by MK Magazine at June 22, 2005 03:27 PM